[Trenton 9 Oct [undecipherable]] [3.— 1—3 1—21] Ensign William R. Bote New Brunswick State of New Jersey [seal] [undecipherable] Department of War Accountants Office Sir Trenton October 8^th 1793 I have received your letter dated the 5^th Inst. inclosing Muster & Pay Rolls of the Recruits under your command for the month of September 1793, which has undergone examination & stands thus — Amount of Pay Roll (after inserting your Pay for Sep. 93) . . . Dolls 170. 67 from which deduct the Pay due to William Sandilands (deceased) . . . . . . . . . . —. 67 $ 170. — leaving an amount of one hundred & seventy Dollars, which you will receive from Nicholas Fish, Esq^r Supervisor at New York, granting your duplicate receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof the Secretary of War has not yet determined on the contract price since the augmentation of rations to the Officers. the amount of your Subsistence therefore is not included in the above sum. — It will be necessary that you forward the name of the Widow of Thomas Hill, also her certificate [interlined: on evidence] of Marriage, in order that she may obtain the arrears of Pay due to her late husband — the deferred — bounty of four dollars she is not entitled to receive, this can only be paid to the soldier on joining the Regiment for which he is destined — I am Sir your Obed^t Hble Serv^t Wm Simmons [seal] Ensign William R. Bote 3^d Reg^t of Infantry